Gangland Wire Blog

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6glsvavwsw2k8s/River%20Quay%20murder.wmv The battle over new clubs and parking in the River Quay led to tradgedy in the Bonnadonna family.

Nick Civella attended the famous 1957 Mob meeting where La Cosa Nostra bosses from all the major families met to decide major differences within the 5 families in New York City and to set the direction for the entire country. One thing decided was that mob families would no longer participate in international heroin distribution.

I reported recently about fellow Intelligence Unit detective Bobby Arnold finding that Jimmy Duardi was making unescorted trips into Kansas City from the prison at Leavenworth. He was released shortly after. We had an informant tell us that he was meeting people and making criminal connections at a used car lot located at Gregory and

Photos of many of the people in the Grove Oklahoma investigation. I recommend former FBI Agent Bill Ouseley’s book, Mobsters in our Midst to learn more.

Joseph “Joey the Clown” Lombardo came up the usual way in Chicago organized crime. As a young man he was a bold and clever thief gravitating to high end items like jewelry and because of his toughness he was a collector of “juice” loans. Lombardo was actually nicknamed Lumpy because of his ability to put